Abstract
The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.
Highlights
Neonatal sepsis (NNS) is a leading cause of neonatal mortality accounting for about 26% of neonatal mortality in developing countries[1,2,3]
Significant resistance against conventional drugs used in the treatment of neonatal sepsis was noted. 1Delta State University, Nigeria, 2Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Nigeria, 3Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria *Correspondence: efexabo@gmail.com orcid.org/ 0000-0003-2986-7401 (Received on 21 June 2019: Accepted after revision on 16 August 2019) The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest Personal funding was used for the project
The present study was conducted to determine the bacterial pathogens responsible for NNS and their drug sensitivity pattern, so as to validate either the Nigerian Standard Treatment Guidelines for NNS, or the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for treatment of NNS at the study centre
Summary
Neonatal sepsis (NNS) is a leading cause of neonatal mortality accounting for about 26% of neonatal mortality in developing countries[1,2,3]. The aetiological agents could vary in the same centre with time[12]. Staphylococcus aureus was found to be the commonest isolate in most studies done in southwestern and northern Nigeria[6,7,13,14]. Klebsiella pneumoniae was the commonest isolate in studies done in Benin[8], southern Nigeria and in India[11]. Neonatal sepsis is an important cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Its successful treatment requires a foreknowledge of common aetiological agents and their drug sensitivity pattern
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